Pocket-book



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

J. C. DICKINSON AND ROBERT BATE, OF HUDSON, MICHIGAN.

:POCKET-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,068, dated June 10, 1856.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, J. C. DIoKINsoN and ROBERT BATE, of Hudson, in thecounty of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulDevice to be Attached to Pocket-Books, said device being a fastening forsecuring the pocket-book in the pocket, preventing its extractiontherefrom by pickpockets; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure l, is an end view of our improvement. Fig. 2, is a longitudinalsection of ditto, the plane of section being through the center.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twogures.

Our invention consists in attaching a plate to one side of the pocketbook, and having hooks secured to one end of the plate, so that when thevpocket book is placed in the pocket, the books will catch into thelining, and .prevent the pocket book from being readily extracted from,or casually slipping out of the pocket. A slide is over the plate aswill be presently shown, so that the hooks may be covered whennecessary.

To prevent those skilled in the art to fully understand and constructour invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a pocket book, constructed in any of the known forms, andB represents a metallic plate attached to one side of the pocket book byscrews (d).

plate B, hasv its edges or sides bent, so as to form grooves (b) (b),one at each side of the plate B, and a plate C, having lugs orprojections (c) at its sides is fitted over the plate B, the lugs orprojections fitting in the grooves (b) (b), see Fig. l.

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To one end of the plate B, hooks (d) are attached. These hooks aresmall, and their points do not project much beyond the outer surface ofthe plate B, see Fig. 2. Three or more hooks may be attached to theplate B, and if desired, at both ends of it.

Vhen the pocket book is placed in the pocket, the plate C, is withdrawn,and when the pocket book is drawn upward, as in taking it out of thepocket, the hooks (CZ) will catch into the lining (e) of the pocket,shown in red, in Fig. 2. Thus it will be seen that the hooks (d) willprevent the pocket book from casually slipping out of the pocket, andwill also prevent its being extracted therefrom by a pick pocket, as thepocket book would require to be gently worked downward, before beingdrawwn outward, in order to disengage the hooks from the lining (e).l/Vhen the hooks are not required to be used, the plate C, may be fittedover the plate B, and the hooks will be prevented from coming in contactwith or catching into the lining of the pocket.

The above improvement will be foundan effectual barrier against theingenuity and adroitness of pick pockets. The device is simple, and thecost trifiing.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

The plat B, with hooks (d) attached, the plate being secured at one sideof the pocket book, and used with or without the sliding plate O,substantially as, and for the purpose specified.

J. O. DIOKINSON. ROBERT BATE.

Witnesses:

A. A. FINNEY` T. W. Fos'mR.

